#i can’t with act 2

[turnleftonlastlaughtlan]

the crazy thought i am having is so crazy that is level Jinx crazy.

I want to go fucking back to season 1. BRO SEASON ONE WAS NOT FLOWERS AND RAINBOWS.

but FUXK I NEED IT. pretty please i am so done with the arcane waking up SADATE THAT SHIT.

i want sane but fatally ill vik back. (and that’s crazy)

i want Vender to be dead and that’s all no more other trauma.

i want jinx with only one dad and only two brothers dead.

i want dumb ass jayce back..wait we already have that

BUT

I wanna go back when things were *less* strange and traumatic pls.

[dearabsolutelynoone]

“She does adore him and she always has.” — Simone Ashley

“They love each other so deeply and he adores her.” — Jonathan Bailey

[n4tek]

Breakups

[sihtryggr]

Vi said “cupcake” and the cupcake in question completely folded.

[mediacircuspod]

Viktor not being Dr. Frankenstein but being the Monster is something I’ll never ever get over narratively, and I mean that in the best way possible.

[cowboycasanovaaa]

manifesting a scene where jayce goes to the under city and sees a mural of viktor (like that one of jinx from the trailers)

[arcanefanpage]

The way she regrets for a moment, I just can’t

[miss-americanbi]

crowley’s demonic form being a snake is so devastating to me because not only do snakes have notoriously terrible eyesight, but also they’re cursed (in the biblical sense) to crawl flush to the ground forever. his fall wasn’t just painful from the, you know, falling of it all. it was the day crowley was damned to be blind to his own creations, to be forever banished as far away from his stars as heaven and hell could possibly force him.

[arowyn-m]

Why Viktor Could Die in S2

“They won’t kill a champion because—“ okay just pause for a second and humor me. I’ve made a lot of arguments in the past about why every Arcane character is fair game but that’s not what I’m arguing here—I’m arguing from a narrative standpoint.

Viktor’s my favorite character in Arcane, but I believe him dying in the series finale is the most likely conclusion to his arc. Here’s why:

Viktor’s whole arc is about life and death as a concept—what really constitutes “living”? (Posed by the scenes with Rio) Why is a human life inherently valuable? (Posed by capitalizing on his aggressive need to leave a legacy) Which is more important—a person’s effect on the world around them or their effect on their loved ones? (Viktor realizing too late that Sky valued him not just for his output but for who he is)

There’s also a ton of foreshadowing to Viktor’s demise coming about by a fault in his technology or by the careless way he relates technology to human life (usually himself but not always), and it’s often disguised as humor (the “of course not” scene) or hidden behind false foreshadowing for death by illness (basically everything to do with the Hexcore in eps 5 and 6)

I’ve theorized about it on here before, but I believe at the end of the series the Hexcore will be destroyed (probably by Jayce, specifically to call back to the promise he made to Viktor), effectively ending the threat of the Void overtaking Piltover. Viktor will be so connected to the Hexcore by the finale that destroying it will kill him. He reaches his Glorious Evolution, yes, but it destroys him in the end.

And yeah there is merit to the “how can you live with yourself” kind of approach to ending a character’s story, but that conclusion has the strongest impact if the character’s arc is about learning to live with your mistakes. Most of the character arcs in this show pose that question, but Viktor’s arc really doesn’t?

As far as we can tell with Viktor so far, there’s very little grappling with that concept up until his last 5 or so minutes of screentime, and even then it’s more of a blip that resolves itself (“In pursuit of great, we failed to do good. We have to make it right.”) If Viktor’s story is about defining the respective values of “life” and “humanity��� then the most bittersweet ending to his story would be by letting him die after briefly coming back to his humanity.

At the same time, in Ep 5 of BtR Alex Yee says this when talking through writing the script for S2:

“It’s, like, die or accept some things being imperfect. That would be the way that they could go back to humanity.”

So if we assume he’s talking about Viktor covertly here (he very well could be talking about some other character, but yk “going back to humanity” is a very Viktor-coded issue) we could also speculate that they may try to end Viktor’s arc with him accepting the Glorious Evolution just…doesn’t work. I hope that’s not the case because that kind of kills his whole shtick but anything’s possible lol.

To round off this thought by comparison—there’s no chance Jinx dies by the series finale because her whole character arc will inevitably move from “Am I Powder or am I Jinx?” to “Okay, I’m Jinx. How do I live in that identity with the knowledge of my past mistakes?” Her dying at the end of the series would be an unsatisfying conclusion to that question. Same thing with Vi. Vi’s arc was about trying to “fix” things. She just wanted things to go back to the way they were, and they just can’t. Her arc is probably going to be centered around her grappling with grief over losing Powder AGAIN and learning to accept things will never go back to how they were before. Caitlyn’s arc is going to be her exacting revenge and maybe living with regret and bitterness. None of those character arcs logically conclude with “and though they found the answer to their life’s question, they died.”

Viktor’s probably will.

Also here’s a link to a longer more in-depth theory I had a while ago—kind of a adjacent to this thought (for some reason it won’t work as an embedded link) https://www.tumblr.com/arowyn-m/755893249865039872/jayceviktorhexcore-situation-in-s2?source=share

[heydragonfly]

feel like it’s important to update that i’ve gotten nowhere romancing moros or nemesis or even icarus. i am, however, in the midst of a torrid love affair with arachne

[emailsicantsnd]

SABRINA CARPENTER - the eras as Barbie posters template made by @userparamore 💌

[seagreenstardust]

Anyone still calling late game Katsuki an abuser in 2024 is just not paying attention. Full stop.

[somewillwin]

More shin tano au ♥️ ahsoka probably told them to stay out. But shin wants to goooo

Kofi

[shadowlurkerbug]

MINOR ARCANE S2 SPOILERS (specifically ep 1 of act 2)

NOT JINX TRYING TO GIVE SEVIKA THE SYMBOL IM CRYINGGGG

[bbromeus]

An isat x orv crossover would like, destroy me emotionally. But it would be so cool. If you ever post more of your art I would love to see it !!

AAAAA tysm !! I took a while to respond so I could make this silly isat AU for orv 🥺 hope you enjoy!

(obligatory “please spare me, I’m on ACT 2” mention)

[will-bite-if-given-the-chance]

You wanna know what I think about Belial or whatever tf his name is

This is all I think about whenever I see him

HIS ASS AIN’T PRETTY I’M SORRY